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1. The Essentials of Judaism: Gotthold Salomon, "Thirteen Basic Teachings of Religion" (1829, translated by Dana Rubinstein), Michael Creizenach, "Foundational Doctrines of Israelite Belief" (1833, translated by George Y. Kohler), Joseph Dernburg, "The Essence of Judaism According to Its Most General Principles" (1839, translated by Michael A. Meyer), Zecharias Frankel, "Speech at the Memorial Service for the Benefactor of the Jewish Theological Seminary, Breslau" (1855, translated by Thomas Tearney), Ludwig Philippson, "Introduction to the Five Books of Moses" (1844, translated by Alexandra Zirkle), Samuel David Luzzatto, "Lessons in Jewish Dogmatic Theology" (Translated by Emanuel Fiano) -- 2. Torah as Law and Ritual: Samson Raphael Hirsch, "Nineteen Letters Concerning Judaism: Eighteenth Letter" (1836, translated by Paul Franks), Abraham Geiger, "The Relation of the Natural Meaning of Scripture to Its Talmudic Interpretation" (1844, translated by George Y. Kohler), Samuel Holdheim, "Ceremonial Law in the Kingdom of the Messiah" (1845, translated by George Y. Kohler), Leopold Stein, "The Necessity of the Written Law" (1877, translated by Samuel J. Kessler), Heinrich Graetz, "Correspondence of an English Lady about Judaism and Semitism" (1883, translated by Maren Scheurer), Manuel Joel, "Toward an Orientation in the Question of Cult" (1869, translated by Samuel J. Kessler) -- 3. The Relevance of Judaism: Salomon Formstecher, "Religion of the Spirit" (1841, translated by Gershon Greenberg), Sigismund Stern, "The Tasks of Jews and Judaism in the Present Age" (1845, translated by Michael Zank), Samuel Hirsch, "The Religious Philosophy of the Jews" (1842, translated by Gershon Greenberg), David Einhorn, "The Benefits of the Jewish Doctrine of God" (1852, translated by Michael A. Meyer) -- 4. God: Josef Lewin Saalschütz, "Ethical Monotheism" (1844, translated by Noa Sophie Kohler), David Kaufmann, "On Maimonides' Negative Theology" (1877, translated by Shira Billet) -- 5. The Search for Essence: Hermann Cohen, "Judaism as a Worldview" (1898, translated by Samuel J. Kessler), Heymann Steinthal, "The Idea of the Creation of the World" (1899, translated by Mary Solberg), Leo Baeck, "Revelation and World Religion" (1905, translated by Victor Grubenwieser and Leonard Pearl), Solomon Schechter, "Some Aspects of Rabbinic Theology" (1909), Max Wiener, "On the Being and Meaning of God" (1937, translated by Robert S. Schine) -- 6. Judaism and the Origin of Ethics: Moritz Güdemann, "Instruction and Life" (1902, translated by Brian Britt & Steve Britt), Benzion Kellermann, "Liberal Judaism" (1907, translated by Garrett E. Paul), Moritz Lazarus, "The Ethics of Judaism" (1898, translated by Henrietta Szold), Benno Jacob, "Judaism and the Results of Assyriology" (1902, translated by Noa Sophie Kohler) -- 7. What is Distinct About Jewish Theology?: Kaufmann Kohler, "Jewish Theology" (1918), Julius Guttmann, "Establishing Norms for Jewish Belief" (1927, translated by Gertrude Hirscher), Alexander Altmann, "What is Jewish Theology?" (1933, translated by Edith Ehrlich and Leonard H. Ehrlich) --8. Theological Existentialism Martin Buber, "Judaism and the Jews" (1911, translated by Eva Jospe), Franz Rosenzweig, "The Star of Redemption" (1921, translated by Benjamin Pollock). |
